Updated at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 15 to include a library official identifying the location of the latest leak, comments from the official and a comment from City Council President Kevin Jourdain.

HOLYOKE -- Steady rain Tuesday yielded at least the third leak in the Holyoke Public Library since the facility reopened in November after a $14.5 million renovation, an official said.

"It's in a new place and that's not good,"said Stephen H. "Terry" Plum, chairman of the library board of directors.

The new leak is in an area where the addition meets the old section of the library on the third floor above the stairs, he said.

The previous two leaks, including one about a week ago, were detected in the area where an addition was built onto the old building over the periodicals room. Library Director Maria G. Pagan said last month the first leak was detected in February while Plum said he thought it was in November or December.

"I think that everyone who's invested in the library deserves a lot better than this, so we'll get it fixed," Plum said.

Fontaine Bros. General Contractors, of Springfield, fixed the previous leaks as covered under the warranty the city has with the company and is expected to respond to the leak Wednesday (April 16), Plum said. Previous leaks caused minimal damage to a carpet, officials said.

The library reopened Oct. 28 after a nearly two-year renovation that featured a 15,000-square-foot addition built onto what was the rear of the original, 111-year-old, 25,000-square-foot library. The architect was Finegold Alexander & Associates, of Boston.

Asked for a comment about the library leaks, City Council President Kevin A. Jourdain said in a text message, "They better get it fixed."

Plum said attaching a new building to an old one is more complicated than building a new structure and it was not unusual for such leaks to occur.

This was echoed Wednesday by General Superintendent William D. Fuqua of the city Department of Public Works.

"Issues like this are not uncommon in new construction. Repairs are covered under the contractor's warranty. Fontaine Bros. have been very good at attending to these repairs," Fuqua said in an email.